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The saying “I used to get the mail, now I don’t get the mail anymore is probably one of the most famous lines from the past regarding alcoholism. Drinking too much alcohol can indeed, make a person weak through time. When you are drinking too much and you know it, one way to gauge how much of a toll alcohol is taking on your life is to take a look at the progress you have made over the last year. Progress in areas that are very important to you.

Let’s say you’ve been drinking very heavily for the last year. You should think of what you have done in order to accomplish the past few years. Have you ever though if you have set goals for yourself? Have you ever thought of taking your relationship to a whole new level and get a better job or move to a better place? There are also other goals that you wish to continue doing like the short-term goals. Smaller things you wanted to do to improve your life. Some of these simple joys include losing weight, getting in shape, buying a new car that you have been saving for a long time, hanging out with your friends and a lot more that will surely help you improve your life.

Scoring the different accomplishments that you have set for yourself is really important. Did you seem to lack the motivation that was necessary to move forward?

Next ask yourself and be as honest with yourself as you can, how much of a role did drinking play in running interference with my life and goals? Have you ever thought how much of a better person are you if you are not drinking too much alcohol?

There are times in our life wherein we have already set our goals however, we don’t reach it at the time that we have set for. But with problem drinking, many times we can start losing ground in other areas such as keeping up our physical appearance, spending too much money or not working enough to make the bills, and can even get to the point where we aren’t addressing minor day-to-day issues that start piling up, turning into bigger, more unmanageable issues.

Knowing the effects of alcohol to you is really important and you should learn how to ask yourself these different questions, in that way, you will come up to your own realization. You will surely have a hard time getting your life back on track if you can’t see how much alcohol has affected you.